Countess Bathory

Album: Black Metal (1982)
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  • Welcoming the virgins fair, to live a noble life
    In the castle known to all - the Count's infernal wife
    She invites the peasants with endless lavish foods
    But, when evening spreads it wings, she rapes them of their blood
    Countess Bathory
    Countess Bathory
    All day long the virgins sit and feast on endless meals
    The Countess laughs and sips her wine - her skin doth crack and peel
    But when nightime fills the air one must pay the price
    The Countess takes her midnight bath with blood that once gave life
    Countess Bathory
    Countess Bathory
    Living in her self styled Hell, the Countess dressed in black
    Life's so distant - death's so near - no blood to turn time back
    The castle walls are closing in, she's crippled now with age
    Welcomes death with open arms - the reaper turns the page
    Countess Bathory
    Countess Bathory Writer/s: ANTHONY C. BRAY, CONRAD THOMAS LANT, JEFFREY DUNN
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcOne very good and brutal British metal song.
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